Ice box for autos



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UNI-TED STATES FATE ARTHUR, MUR-PHEY, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

ICE BOX FOR AUTOS.

Application filed October 11, 1921. Serial No. 507,022.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that a citizen of the United ARTHUR G. MURPHEY,

States, residing at Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and 5 State of Mississippi, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Boxes for Autos, of which the fication.

following is a speci- This invention relates to ice boxes especially adapted to be carried by an automobile and particularly board thereof It is an object of my an ice box or cooling re ing and maintaining in upon the running invention to provide ceptacle for co-ntama fresh and wholesome condition such articles as fruit or other perishable commodities length of time.

It is a further provide a receptacle for containing ice an soft drinks.

object of my invention to d beaver board 16, and While I have referred for a considerable It is a further object of my invention to provide an ice box for into compartments so compartment may be kept water compartment.

drinking It is a further object provide an ice box whic b may readily tached or detached from the running ofan automobile, and which is constructed p automobiles, divided that the ice in one separate from a of my invention to be atboard to efiiciently preclude heated air from the outside and preserve the refrigerated condition of the contents.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an ice box which is of substantial construction,

which may be manufactured for sale at a moderate cost and which is of simple and few parts.

Referring ings,-

Figure ning board of an auto to the accompanying draw- 1 is a side view of my ice box illustrating the same mounted upon the runmobile Figure 2 is a topperspective view of the ice box;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectlonal view on the line 44 of Figure 1 and,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detailed section. showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals o f reference, in which the character designates like parts through out the several figures, 2 indicates a conventional form of automobile having a running board 4 and dust shield 6.

The ice box designated generally by 8 comprising preferably a rectangular boxlike construction having front and rear vertical walls 9 and 10 respectively, side walls 11, bottom 12 and top 14.

Theoutside walls, top and bottom may be of any suitable material, preferably wood,

although sheet metal might well be substituted where desirable.

The box is provided with a lining 15 of galvanized sheet iron, which conforms to the shape of the outside wall structure. The outside wall structure and lining 15 are spaced slightly apart to receive a packing sheet of heat insulating material such as which it IS desired to maintain in a cooled condition. A drain cook 19 communicating with the water which collects in the bottom of the ice compartment.

The compartment 20 is utilized as a container for drinking water which is maintained in a cooled condition due to its proximity to the ice compartment and is provided with a filling opening arranged in the top 22' and closed by a removable screw cap 24. The water compartment is provided with an inclined false bottom 26 which served to completely discharge the contents through a aucet 28 passing through the wall of the ice Access is had to the compartments 18 and 2-0 through the medium of a cover 14 hinged at 30 ad acent the rear edge of the top of the box and is provided at its front and side insulating packing sheet 34 of beaver board or other suitable material, and to further exclude ingress of heated air into the box, I provide the cover, at the point where it enga es the topwalls of the box, when clos with a packing strip of, felt or similar material 36.

The box is secured on the running board through the" medium of bolts 40 which pass through the outer bottom wall 12 and reinforcing metal plates 42 arranged in the space intermediate the wall 12 and lining 15, the heads of said bolts 40 resting on said plates. This construction prevents the bolts pulling out of the bottom. Nuts 44 cooperating with the bolts 40 serve to secure the box on the running board.

A look and hasp 46 serve the purpose of securely fastening the cover 14 in closed position. Any other suitable locking means, however, may be substituted.

The construction and arrangement of various parts of the ice box may be varied as desired; e. g., Figure 6 discloses a modi fied form of part of the device. In this view, the inner vertical wall or partition 22 of the 'water compartment is turned at its lower end, as false bottom for the water compartment and which false bottom is inclined outwardly and downwardly and connected with the side wall of the lining 15, thereby completing the lower portion of the water compartment 20. In this modified form the faucet 28" is shown as extending through the shown at 26 to form the side 11 of the box structure. The device ma be secured in position on the vehicle by he ts indicated at the same as in the preferred form.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that minor details in the construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

An ice box for automobiles, comprising a receptacle having heat'insulated walls, bottom and cover, said cover being hinged, a metallic lining for said receptacle, a partition dividing said receptacle into a plurality of compartments for holding respectively a quantity of ice and edibles, commodities and drinking water, a false inclined bottom for said drinking water compartment, a separate cover for said drinking water compartment provided with a filling opening therein and having a removable closure associated therewith, reinforcing metal plates disposed between said inner lining and the bottom of said receptacle, and fastening means extending through said plates and bottom for securing said receptacle to the running board of an automobile.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ARTHUR G. MURPHEY. 

